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Author:   Daniel M. Goldstein
Publisher:   Duke University Press
Imprint:   Duke University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.476kg
ISBN:  

9780822360452

ISBN 10:   0822360454
Pages:   352
Publication Date:   25 January 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Prologue  ix Acknowledgements  xiii 1. The Fire  1 2. Writing, Reality, Truth  10 3. Don Rafo  15 4. The Informal Economy  18 5. Nacho  25 6. The Bolivian Experiment  33 7. Meet the Press 42 8. The Colonial City: Cochabamba, 1574–1900  46 9. Conflicts of Interest  54 10. Decolonizing Ethnographic Research  58 11. A Visit to the Cancha  64 12. The Informal State  74 13. The Modern City: Cochabamba, 1900–1953  80 14. Market Space, Market Time  87 15. Carnaval in the Cancha  95 16. Security and Chaos  102 17. The Informal City: Cochabamba, 1953–2014  108 18. Convenios  117 19. Political Geography  122 20. Fieldwork in a Flash  131 21. Women's Work  139 22. Sovereignty and Security  148 23. Resisting Privatization  154 24. Don Silvio  161 25. Character  167 26. Exploitability  175 27. Market Men  182 28. Webs of Illegality  190 29. Men in Black  194 30. At Home in the Market  200 31. Owners of the Sidewalk  207 32. The Seminar  214 33. March of the Ambulantes  222 34. Complications  230 35. The Archive and the System  235 36. Goodbyes  240 37. Insecurity and Informality  246 Epilogue  252 Notes  257 References  293 Index  313

Reviews

With great empathy, a keen eye for detail, and a novelist s sense of drama, Daniel M. Goldstein vividly transports us to the everyday lifeworld of street vendors in Cochabamba, Bolivia. Owners of the Sidewalk sensitively portrays the conflicts and contradictions surrounding the organization of ambulatory and fixed commerce, and does so with more insight than any other book I have encountered. Goldstein s respect for and rapport with his subjects informs this compelling narrative, revealing how street sellers pursue livelihoods in difficult conditions marked by insecurity, social conflict, gendered and racial divides, as well as a history of state intervention in which regulatory rules are ambiguously enforced. --Diane E. Davis, coeditor of Cities and Sovereignty: Identity Politics in Urban Spaces

Superbly researched and beautifully executed, Owners of the Sidewalk will be particularly effective at teaching students about methodology and fieldwork as well as collaborative ethnography and its challenges, all while providing a great example of a really well written ethnography. Daniel M. Goldstein's detailed descriptions bring La Cancha and its characters to life, and his successful weaving together of history, method, theory, and the insights of the people he worked with has created a unique and outstanding book that will be welcomed by specialists and generalists alike. -- Lynn Stephen, author of We Are the Face of Oaxaca: Testimony and Social Movements Superbly researched and beautifully executed, Owners of the Sidewalk will be particularly effective at teaching students about methodology and fieldwork as well as collaborative ethnography and its challenges, all while providing a great example of a really well written ethnography. Daniel M. Goldstein's detailed descriptions bring La Cancha and its characters to life, and his successful weaving together of history, method, theory, and the insights of the people he worked with has created a unique and outstanding book that will be welcomed by specialists and generalists alike. -- Lynn Stephen, author of We Are the Face of Oaxaca: Testimony and Social Movements With great empathy, a keen eye for detail, and a novelist's sense of drama, Daniel M. Goldstein vividly transports us to the everyday lifeworld of street vendors in Cochabamba, Bolivia. Owners of the Sidewalk sensitively portrays the conflicts and contradictions surrounding the organization of ambulatory and fixed commerce, and does so with more insight than any other book I have encountered. Goldstein's respect for and rapport with his subjects informs this compelling narrative, revealing how street sellers pursue livelihoods in difficult conditions marked by insecurity, social conflict, gendered and racial divides, as well as a history of state intervention in which regulatory rules are ambiguously enforced. -- Diane E. Davis, Charles Dyer Norton Professor of Regional Planning and Urbanism, Harvard University With great empathy, a keen eye for detail, and a novelist's sense of drama, Daniel M. Goldstein vividly transports us to the everyday lifeworld of street vendors in Cochabamba, Bolivia. Owners of the Sidewalk sensitively portrays the conflicts and contradictions surrounding the organization of ambulatory and fixed commerce, and does so with more insight than any other book I have encountered. Goldstein's respect for and rapport with his subjects informs this compelling narrative, revealing how street sellers pursue livelihoods in difficult conditions marked by insecurity, social conflict, gendered and racial divides, as well as a history of state intervention in which regulatory rules are ambiguously enforced. -- Diane E. Davis, coeditor of Cities and Sovereignty: Identity Politics in Urban Spaces

Weaving the background histories and theoretical discussions throughout the more narrative storytelling presentation, results in a thoughtful ethnography that contributes much to the field of anthropology as well as to the body of literature focused on markets in Latin America. -- Alana Nicole DeLoge * Bolivian Studies Journal * ... a cogent and compelling critique of how the move toward neoliberal economic policies has affected the lives of formal (those with fixed stalls) and informal (street) vendors. -- Arthur D. Murphy * American Ethnologist * With great empathy, a keen eye for detail, and a novelist's sense of drama, Daniel M. Goldstein vividly transports us to the everyday lifeworld of street vendors in Cochabamba, Bolivia. Owners of the Sidewalk sensitively portrays the conflicts and contradictions surrounding the organization of ambulatory and fixed commerce, and does so with more insight than any other book I have encountered. Goldstein's respect for and rapport with his subjects informs this compelling narrative, revealing how street sellers pursue livelihoods in difficult conditions marked by insecurity, social conflict, gendered and racial divides, as well as a history of state intervention in which regulatory rules are ambiguously enforced. -- Diane E. Davis, coeditor of * Cities and Sovereignty: Identity Politics in Urban Spaces * With great empathy, a keen eye for detail, and a novelist's sense of drama, Daniel M. Goldstein vividly transports us to the everyday lifeworld of street vendors in Cochabamba, Bolivia. Owners of the Sidewalk sensitively portrays the conflicts and contradictions surrounding the organization of ambulatory and fixed commerce, and does so with more insight than any other book I have encountered. Goldstein's respect for and rapport with his subjects informs this compelling narrative, revealing how street sellers pursue livelihoods in difficult conditions marked by insecurity, social conflict, gendered and racial divides, as well as a history of state intervention in which regulatory rules are ambiguously enforced. -- Diane E. Davis, Charles Dyer Norton Professor of Regional Planning and Urbanism, Harvard University Superbly researched and beautifully executed, Owners of the Sidewalk will be particularly effective at teaching students about methodology and fieldwork as well as collaborative ethnography and its challenges, all while providing a great example of a really well written ethnography. Daniel M. Goldstein's detailed descriptions bring La Cancha and its characters to life, and his successful weaving together of history, method, theory, and the insights of the people he worked with has created a unique and outstanding book that will be welcomed by specialists and generalists alike. -- Lynn Stephen, author of * We Are the Face of Oaxaca: Testimony and Social Movements * Superbly researched and beautifully executed, Owners of the Sidewalk will be particularly effective at teaching students about methodology and fieldwork as well as collaborative ethnography and its challenges, all while providing a great example of a really well written ethnography. Daniel M. Goldstein's detailed descriptions bring La Cancha and its characters to life, and his successful weaving together of history, method, theory, and the insights of the people he worked with has created a unique and outstanding book that will be welcomed by specialists and generalists alike. -- Lynn Stephen, author of * We Are the Face of Oaxaca: Testimony and Social Movements *

Author Information

Daniel M. Goldstein is Professor of Anthropology at Rutgers University, the author of Outlawed: Between Security and Rights in a Bolivian City and The Spectacular City: Violence and Performance in Urban Bolivia, and the coeditor of Violent Democracies in Latin America, all also published by Duke University Press.  

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